Spending and revenue data obtained for this analysis comes from the Illinois Local Education Agency Retrieval Network (ILEARN), which is part of the Illinois State Board of Education and collects data annually on school district financials.
Adjusting for inflation, the district's share of state taxes per student went down 26.3 percent over the last 10 years.
State revenue
Year
Total state subsidy (nominal)
Total state subsidy (real)
9-Month Avg. Daily Attendance
State subsidy per pupil (real)
2008
$3,068,319
$3,589,933
990.9
$3,622.90
2009
$2,165,183
$2,533,264
980.21
$2,584.41
2010
$2,510,829
$2,862,345
961.07
$2,978.29
2011
$2,537,201
$2,867,037
887.15
$3,231.74
2012
$2,249,220
$2,451,650
942.44
$2,601.39
2013
$1,881,228
$2,031,726
919.43
$2,209.77
2014
$2,154,543
$2,283,816
904.75
$2,524.25
2015
$2,019,925
$2,141,121
859.27
$2,491.79
2016
$2,228,592
$2,340,022
876.57
$2,669.52
2017
$2,333,129
$2,379,792
891.57
$2,669.21
Total
$23,148,169
$25,480,706
9,213.36
$27,583.26
10-year change (%)
-24
-33.7
-10
-26.3